Musings on Markets

OCTOBER 4, 2021

Since so much of Paytm’s success has been driven by the rise if smart phone usage among Indian consumers, and the concurrent rise in mobile payments for goods and services, I will start with a review of that rise, before looking at how Paytm has put itself in position to take advantage of that market shift.

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Reynolds Holding

MARCH 16, 2023

This is the conception of corporate purpose articulated in The New Paradigm (issued by the World Economic Forum’s International Business Council in 2016), supported by the Business Roundtable beginning in 2019, and widely accepted by corporate leaders, investors, companies, and practitioners.

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Reynolds Holding

JULY 20, 2023

Taking all these developments and more into account, we continue to be of the view that The New Paradigm provides a pragmatic and balanced approach to preserving open market capitalism, while also creating economic prosperity that will benefit all, not just a few.

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Reynolds Holding

FEBRUARY 21, 2023

companies from 2004 to 2016, we identify 1,623 activist directors appointed to boards through proxy fights or settlements. There is also a positive risk-adjusted market reaction around the announcement of activism, with returns ranging from 3.0 Activist Directors – Characteristics Of the 3,259 activism events targeting U.S.

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Reynolds Holding

JANUARY 23, 2024

The merger was allegedly orchestrated by prominent buyout firm 3G Capital Partners with a plan to extract $1.5 For years following the merger, 3G and Kraft purportedly touted these “synergies” to the market, reiterating that they were committed to sustainable cost-cutting and brand investment. billion in cost savings.

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Musings on Markets

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

In the process, it has altered the financial characteristics of the companies in the business in ways that the market is still trying to come to terms with, which may explain the market turmoil this year. It is undeniable that streaming, by removing many of the intermediaries in the old music business model, has shrunk the business.

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Benzinga

FEBRUARY 25, 2024

Transaction Highlights Significant premium of approximately 32% to the implied value of the consideration pursuant to the DPM Arrangement Agreement 1 All-cash offer, providing value certainty and immediate liquidity to Osino shareholders Highly credible and capable counterparty in Yintai US$5.6

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Reynolds Holding

APRIL 13, 2023

The collapse killed 270 people, caused immeasurable environmental and social harm, and led to a loss of more than $4 billion in Vale’s market capitalization.” The collapse killed 270 people, caused immeasurable environmental and social harm, and led to a loss of more than $4 billion in Vale’s market capitalization.”

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Musings on Markets

APRIL 21, 2022

The disappointments on the operating metric front has played out in markets, where Twitter's stock price dropped to below IPO levels in 2016 and its performance has lagged its social media counterparts: Source: Bloomberg In fact, Twitter's stock prices did not breach their December 2013 high of $73.31 billion, well below the $9.6

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Reynolds Holding

MAY 31, 2023

The Federal Reserve’s consent order included an unprecedented “ asset cap ” that prevented Wells Fargo from growing its assets until it satisfied requirements — a punishment market commentators referred to as the “ Fear of God Penalty.” stock drop following the conclusion of the congressional hearings.

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Benzinga

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

In addition, Ready Capital will assume Broadmark's outstanding senior unsecured notes. Based on the closing price of Ready Capital's common stock on February 24, 2023, the market capitalization of the combined company is approximately $2.2 Full story available on Benzinga.com

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Musings on Markets

DECEMBER 2, 2020

In this post, I will argue that there are good reasons for Airbnb's IPO timing, and make my first attempt at valuing this latest entrant into public markets. In subsequent years, the company grew, with multiple rounds of funding from venture capital.

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Reynolds Holding

JUNE 16, 2022

Stakeholder capitalism recognizes that corporations do not exist in a vacuum, but rather each relies on a multitude of stakeholder contributions and interests from employees, customers, suppliers, communities and, more broadly, society and the environment at large in order to operate effectively and create value.

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Cooley M&A

JANUARY 25, 2023

2022 drivers and headwinds Choppy access to capital markets and financing to fund ongoing operations Many life sciences companies faced challenges raising money in the capital markets in 2022. Let’s dig in.

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Reynolds Holding

NOVEMBER 15, 2022

percent increase over fiscal year 2021; 129 actions against issuers who were allegedly delinquent in making required filings with the SEC; and 169 “follow-on” administrative proceedings seeking to bar or suspend individuals from certain functions in the securities markets based on criminal convictions, civil injunctions, or other orders.

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Reynolds Holding

JANUARY 9, 2023

market will be documented in the ISS Securities Class Action Services “Top 100 U.S. Investors had alleged – through an initial complaint filed in September 2016 – that the social media company misled shareholders during a six-month period in 2015 about growth prospects and user engagement. A substantive year in review for the U.S.

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Musings on Markets

FEBRUARY 4, 2023

The History The Adani Group, founded by Gautam Adani, started life as a commodity trading partnership business in Gujarat, and listed on stock markets in 1994, as Adani Exports, with a large chunk of its revenues coming from its operation of a local port in Mundra, with a subsequent entry into the edible oil business.

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Musings on Markets

APRIL 20, 2021

For much of this history, the US also adopted a global tax model, which required US companies to pay the US tax rate not just on income earned in the US, but also in foreign markets, with the caveat that the foreign income would be taxed, when repatriated to the US. and the cash tax rate by 2.75%.

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Reynolds Holding

SEPTEMBER 1, 2022

The a2 Milk shareholder class action alleges the Company with breaches of the Financial Markets Conduct Act 2013 and Fair Trading Act 1986. According to its website, its business is focused on meeting evolving consumer interests across the globe, and on delivering sustainable growth “through world-class winemaking and brand marketing”.

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